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Trial reportMedicina (Kaunas, Lithuania)2023

Effects of Pelvic Floor Muscle Physiotherapy on Urinary, Bowel, and Sexual Functions in Women with Deep Infiltrating Endometriosis: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Simona Del Forno, Laura Cocchi, Alessandro Arena, Valentina Pellizzone, Jacopo Lenzi, Antonio Raffone, Giulia Borghese, Roberto Paradisi, Aly Youssef, Paolo Casadio and 2 more

Open access · goldAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
In one paragraph

Trial report in Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
13citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
5.2field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Management of bowel dysfunction after pelvic surgery for endometriosis.International journal of colorectal disease · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Simona Del FornoDivision of Gynaecology and Human Reproduction Physiopathology, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Policlinico di Sant'Orsola, 40138 Bologna, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-9786-5814
Laura CocchiDivision of Gynaecology and Human Reproduction Physiopathology, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Policlinico di Sant'Orsola, 40138 Bologna, Italy.
Alessandro ArenaDivision of Gynaecology and Human Reproduction Physiopathology, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Policlinico di Sant'Orsola, 40138 Bologna, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-0448-3540
Valentina PellizzoneDivision of Gynaecology and Human Reproduction Physiopathology, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Policlinico di Sant'Orsola, 40138 Bologna, Italy.
Jacopo LenziDepartment of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, University of Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-2882-4223
Antonio RaffoneDivision of Gynaecology and Human Reproduction Physiopathology, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Policlinico di Sant'Orsola, 40138 Bologna, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-5443-2333
Giulia BorgheseDivision of Gynaecology and Human Reproduction Physiopathology, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Policlinico di Sant'Orsola, 40138 Bologna, Italy.
Roberto ParadisiDivision of Gynaecology and Human Reproduction Physiopathology, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Policlinico di Sant'Orsola, 40138 Bologna, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-1434-4504
Aly YoussefObstetrics and Feto-Maternal Medicine Unit, IRCCS, Sant'Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, University of Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy.
Paolo CasadioDivision of Gynaecology and Human Reproduction Physiopathology, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Policlinico di Sant'Orsola, 40138 Bologna, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-7706-5580
Diego RaimondoDivision of Gynaecology and Human Reproduction Physiopathology, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Policlinico di Sant'Orsola, 40138 Bologna, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-3235-4378
Renato SeracchioliDivision of Gynaecology and Human Reproduction Physiopathology, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Policlinico di Sant'Orsola, 40138 Bologna, Italy.
IRCCS Azienda Ospedliero-Universitaria di Bologna Policlinico di Sant'Orsola · ITUniversity of Bologna · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Chronic PainDyspareuniaEndometriosisConstipationFemaleHumansPelvic FloorPhysical Therapy ModalitiesQuality of Life3D 4D transperineal ultrasounddeep infiltrating endometriosisdyspareuniapelvic floor musclespelvic floor physiotherapy

Identifiers

PMID38256327
PMCPMC10818504
OpenAlexW4390404577

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